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ORDINANCE NO. 4033-85
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RETITLING CHAPTER 95; AMENDING CHAPTEIt 95 BY
PROVIDING FOR ARTICLE I, LOT CLEARINO, WHICH INCLUDES
PRESENT SECTION 95.01 THROUGH 95.15; ENACTING ARTICLE II,
PUBLIC NUISANCES, TO PROVIDE FOR DEFINITIONS, PURPOSE,
DUTY OF MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, NUISANCE
CONDITIONS, ENFORCEMENT AND HEARING PROCEDURES, ,
POWERS OF THE BOARD, DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER,
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, AND DUTIES
sr. AND POWERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION; REPEALING CHAPTER
94, NUISANCES PROVIDINGTOR THE SEPARABILITY OF THE
PROVISIONS HERE- OF; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; PROVIDING
FOR PROPER NOTICE OF PROPOSED ENACTMENT; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
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WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater, Florida, is
'<= vested with lice
po power pursuant to Section 166.021, Florida Statutes;
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to preserve a quality of life in the
City of Clearwater free of the types of nuisances described below;
WHEREAS, those reasonable and reasonably behaved citizens of the City of
Clearwater are entitled to be free from such nuisances In the use, possession or
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ownership of their property;
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that preventing or terminating such
nuisance conditions will aid in preserving the safety and welfare of the citizens of the
City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Florida
during the 1985
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Legislative Session, passed
CS/HB 328 expanding the permissible jurisdiction of code
a < ' enforcement boards to include all code and ordinance violations that do not carry a
criminal penalty;
v NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
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' Section 1. Chapter 95, Lot Clearing, of Title VIII
Public Health and
r ,
Safety, of the Code of Ordinances1 City of Clearwater, be and the same is hereby
amended by retitling Chapter 95 to Chapter 95, Nuisances.
': FY> Section 2. Chapter 95 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Clearwater, is hereby amended by providing for Chapter 95, Article I, Lot Clearing,
which shall include Section 95.01 through and Including Section 95.15 of the present
! Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater.
r Section 3, Chapter 95 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
? .
Clearwater, is hereby amended by enacting Article II4 Public Nuisances, to read as
' follows: FOR AFFIDAVIT SEE:
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ARTICLE II. PUBLIC NUISANCIIS
Sao. 95.20. Definitions:
The following words and phrases, when used In this article, shall have
the meanings respectively aseribed to them:
"Board" means the city of Clearwater Municipal Code Enforcement
Board which was created by Section 22.60 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Clearwater.
"Person" Includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint
venturers, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates,
fiduciaries, private or public corporations, and all other groups or
combinations.
"Premises" means the land and all structures and articles appurtenant
or attached thereto which are owned, leased, occupied or controlled by a
person.
"Nuisance" means that conduct defined in Section 82 3.05, Florida
Statutes, that conduct specified In this Article, any continuing condition or
use of premises or of building exteriors or of land which causes substantial
diminution of the value of property In the vicinity of said condition or use,
or any continuing condition or use of premises or of building exteriors or of
land which unreasonably annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, health,
repose, privacy, or safety of the public through offensive odors, noises,
substances, smoke, ashes, soot, dust, gas fumes, chemical diffusion, smog,
flooding, disturbance and vibrations of earth, air, or structures,
emanations, light, sights, entry on adjoining property by persons or
vehicles, or other unreasonable Intrusions upon the free use and
comfortable enjoyment of the property of the citizens of Clearwater,
Florida.
"Vehicle" shall mean any automobile, motorcycle, truck, motorized
van, recreation vehicle, bicycle, or any other device which any person or
property is or may be transported upon a highway, except devices used
exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
See. 95.21. Purpose.
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The purpose of this ordinance Is to protect the comfort, health,
repose, safety and general welfare of the citizens who reside in the City of
Clearwater, and to prevent the maintenance of nuisances affecting the
public generally. It is hereby declared by the City Commission of the City
of Clearwater that the creation or maintenance of a nuisance as defined
herein shall constitute Irreparable public Injury. In order to accomplish the
foregoing purpose, It is deemed necessary to establish a mechanism of
review and provide for remedies in order to abate a public nuisance by
action of the Clearwater Municipal Code Enforcement Hoard or the City
Commission.
Sec. 92.22. Duty of maintenance of private property.
No person owning, leasing, operating, occupying or having control of
any premises within the City of Clearwater shall maintain, keep or permit
any nuisance, as defined in Section 95.20 and as further defined in Section
95.23, affecting the citizens of the City of Clearwater.
Sec. 95.23. Nuisance Conditions.
A finding of the existence of any of the following specific conditions
and conduct Is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance as that term
is used in Section 95.22:
(a) A condition or use that causes a substantial diminution of
property value of property In the vicinity of the condition or use.
(b) Conduct similar to that described in Section 823.05, Florida
Statutes, has occurred or is occurring.
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(e) A condition or use that unreasonably intrudes upon the free use,
privacy and comfortable enjoyment of the property of the citizens of the
City of Clearwater. The use or condition may be considered an
unreasonable Intrusion upon the free use and comfortable enjoyment of
property when one or more of the following conditions are found to exist:
(1) The repeated intrusion upon property adjoining or surrounding
the use or condition identified In the complaint of odors, gases,
smoke, ashes, soot, dust, fumes, chemical diffusion, smog, or
other particles or gases.
(2) The repeated Intrusion upon property of disturbances of earth
or air, including, but not limited to, vibrations, explosions,
light, and loud, raucous and unnecessary noise, and the
repeated, unauthorized intrusion of adjoining property by
patrons or users of the premises which unreasonably disturbs or
interferes with the peace, comfort, privacy, and repose of
owners or possessors of real property in the enjoyment and the
use of their property.
(3) The repeated, unauthorized Intrusion upon property of persons
or vehicles which adversely disturb the privacy, comfort, peace,
repose, and use of owners or possessors of property adjoining
the premises where the persons or vehicles complained of
originates.
(4) The repeated attraction to the premises where the use or
condition complained of Is maintained of persons who, through
frequent raucous or disorderly conduct, or through repeated
disturbances of the peace, or through violation of any law of
the state, county or city, adversely affect ordinarily reasonable
and reasonably behaved persons in the enjoyment and use of
their property.
(d) Buildings which are abandoned, boarded up, partially destroyed,
or left for unreasonably long periods of time In a state of partial
construction; provided that any unfinished building or structure which has
been in the course of construction three years or more, and where the
appearance and other conditions of said unfinished building or structure
substantially detracts from the appearance of the immediate neighborhood
or reduces the value of property in the immediate neighborhood or Is a
nuisance, shall be deemed and presumed to have been left for an
unreasonably long period of time in the sense of this subsection.
(e) Any attractive nuisance dangerous to children In the form of
abandoned or broken equipment, hazardous pools, excavations, or neglected
machinery.
(f) Overt blocking of drainage pipes, ditches, channels, and streams
so as to cause flooding and adversely affect surrounding property.
(g) Any other condition or use that constitutes a nuisance to the
public, generally, as that term is defined in Section 92.20, which is
continually or repeatedly maintained, the abatement of which would be in
the best Interest of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the
City of Clearwater.
Sec. 95.24. Enforcement and hearing procedures.
This Article may be enforced in accordance with the procedures
established by Section 22.64'and Section 22.69 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Clearwater. The Board shall follow the procedures set forth
in Section 22.65 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater. The
procedures for establishing liens, foreclosure of liens and providing for
appeals set forth in Sections 22.67 and 22.68 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Clearwater shall be fully applicable to a finding of violation of
the Article by the Board.
This Article may also be enforced by the City Commission in
accordance with the procedures established by Section 95.26 through and
Including Section 95.30 of this Article.
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in hearing alleged violations of this Article, the Board shall have the
powers set forth in Section 22.66 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Clearwater. Upon a determination of the Board that reasonabl?i cause
exists to believe that a nuisance exists as defined in Section 95.20 and
95.23, the Board shall find a violation of this Article and shall set forth the
steps necessary to abate the subject nuisance. A fine for each day the
violation continues past the compliance date may be set puruuant to
Section 22.67 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater.
Sec. 95.26. Deities of the City ManSPr.
If a condition is determined to be a nuisance under Sections 95.20 and
95.23 of this Article by the City Manager, or his designee, he may seek
enforcement of this Article by bringing the matter before the City
Commission. The City Manager may initiate such action by providing to
the City Commission a report containing information showing the existence
of a nuisance and the City Manager's application of the criteria set forth in
Section 95.23 herein to the particular facts of the use or condition which is
the basis of the report and a brief statement of the City Manager's
recommendation for City Commission action.
Sec. 95.27. Proceedings before the City Commission.
Upon submission of the City Manager's report to the City
Commission, the City Manager shall schedule a public hearing before the
City Commission and shall provide actual notice of said hearing to the
person owning, leasing, operating, occupying or having control of the
premises where the alleged nuisance exists. The notice requirement may
be satisfied either by mailing or delivering written notice to said person.
Sec. 95.28. Duties of the City Commission.
At the public hearing, the City Commission shall determine whether
a nuisance exists by applying the definition of nuisance provided in Section
95.20 and the standards contained in Section 95.23.
Sec. 95.29. Powers of the City Commission.
Upon a determination by the City Commission under Section 95.29
that the use, activity or condition which forms the basis of the City
} Manager's report constitutes a nuisance under this Article, the City
Commission shall proceed as follows:
(a) The City Commission may consider an agreement with the
offending person requiring the person to take certain measures to abate the
nuisance. The agreement shall include the measures to be taken by the
. . 1 person and the time period within which such measure must be completed.
(b) If an agreement cannot be reached or an agreement is not
followed, the City Commission may, by resolution, request the State
Attorney or the State Attorney General to seek judicial relief for
abatement of the nuisance pursuant to the provisions of Section 60.05,
Florida Statutes.
(e) The City Commission may direct the City Attorney to seek
judicial relief for abatement of the nuisance.
See. 95.30. Additional remedies,
Nothing contained in this Article shall in any way restrict the right to
revoke, suspend or deny an occupational license as provided in Chapter 71
of the Clearwater Code of Ordinances. The remedies provided in this
Article for the abatement of nuisances are in addition to any other
remedies provided in the Clearwater Code of Ordinances.
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Section 4. Chapter 04, Nuisances, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Clearwater Is hereby repealed. All ordinances or parts of ordinances In conflict
herewith are to the extant of such conflict hereby repealed.
Section 5. Should any part or provision of this ordinance be declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of
the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part declared to be
invalid.
Section 6. Notice of the proposed enactment of this ordinance has been
properly advertised In a newspaper of general circulation In accordance with Section
166.041, Florida Statutes.
Section 7. The provisions of this ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED ON FIRST READING August 15, 1985
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
AS AMENDED SeDtember 5, 1985
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